Incompatibility Notification and Optimal Compatible Solution

2. The industrial automation control system of claim 1, wherein the operations comprise receiving device topology information indicative of one or more functional relationships between two or more of the plurality of automation devices, wherein determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions is based on the firmware compatibility information and the device topology information.

3. The industrial automation control system of claim 1, wherein the automation device information comprises a firmware identifier and a version identifier for each of the plurality of firmware versions available to run on each of the plurality of automation devices.

5. The industrial automation control system of claim 1, wherein the operations comprise receiving an input indicative of a selection of a particular available firmware version of the plurality of available firmware versions for a particular automation device of the plurality of automation devices before determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions.

6. The industrial automation control system of claim 5, wherein determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions is based on the firmware compatibility information and the selected particular firmware version for the particular automation device.

7. The industrial automation control system of claim 1, wherein the operations comprise determining a most recent firmware version of the plurality of firmware versions available to run on each of the plurality of automation devices.

8. The industrial automation control system of claim 7, wherein the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions comprises at least one most recent firmware version to install on at least one of the plurality of automation devices while remaining compatible with each other.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the automation device information comprises a firmware identifier and a version identifier for each of the plurality of firmware versions available to run on each of the plurality of automation devices.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are configures to receive an input indicative of a selection of a particular available firmware version of the plurality of available firmware versions for a particular automation device of the plurality of automation devices before determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions, wherein determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions is based on the firmware compatibility information and the selected particular firmware version for the particular automation device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine a most recent firmware version of the plurality of firmware versions available to run on each of the plurality of automation devices, and wherein the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions comprises at least one most recent firmware version to run on one of the plurality of automation devices while remaining compatible with each other.

17. The method of claim 16, comprising receiving device topology information indicative of one or more functional relationships between two or more of the plurality of automation devices, wherein determining the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions is based on the firmware compatibility information and the device topology information.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the processing circuitry are configured to determine a most recent firmware version of the plurality of firmware versions available to run on each of the plurality of automation devices, and wherein the one or more sets of compatible firmware versions comprises at least one most recent firmware version to run on one of the plurality of automation devices while remaining compatible with each other.